Sin and mercy
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Scope
Sin and mercy attempts to explain the interplay of sin, mercy, and self-image in the context of trialogue.
Definition
- Sin is the act of performing deeds that are against social norms.
- Guilt is the negative moral inference of the deeds. Also, it is the negative feeling related to the inference. The feeling can be perceived by the person who did the deed, but also by other people.
- Regret is the perception that if the person could go back in time (or if a similar situation would occur again), he/she would act differently and avoid the sin.
- Mercy is the removal of the negative moral inference of a particular sin of a particular person. This does not imply that similar deeds are morally neutral after mercy.
Trialogue, sin, and mercy
It is important to notice that in this context each node in the graph (see below) is an information object (or topic) in the sense of trialogue. Thus, they are all social constructs and jointly developed by using communication between you and me (you can mean one or more people, the whole society, or even imaginary persons with assumed opinions). Therefore, even self-image is not an image only developed by the individual him/herself, but a social construct that is heavily dependent on other people's opinions on the individual.
